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Post by Daniel Shywaoub on Mar 24, 2013 14:31:45 GMT -5
Interesting to think that Paula Abdul was Virgin's most-successful artist in America! But for the most part, all the rest were one hit wonders. And I alter the definition of that slightly: in this case, sometimes it was one-project wonders...they may have managed multiple hits, but usually were only from the debut album.
HEART AND SOUL T'Pau
MARY'S PRAYER Danny Wilson
HOLIDAY The Other Ones
THE PROMISE When In Rome
SHATTERED DREAMS I DON'T WANT TO BE A HERO Johnny Hates Jazz
(I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS ONE FOR THE MOCKINGBIRD I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew
CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) NIGHTIME Pretty Poison
KEEP ON MOVIN' BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul
the exceptions:
WILD WORLD CLOSE TO YOU THAT GIRL Maxi Priest (3 separate albums)
BUFFALO STANCE KISSES ON THE WIND BUDDY X Neneh Cherry (2 separate albums)
HEAT OF THE MOMENT CAN'T STOP READY OR NOT NIGHTS LIKE THIS After 7 (one album and a soundtrack hit)
The only act I can think of that didn't make the Pop Top 40:
YOU AND ME TONIGHT Deja (#54)
And I don't count Steve Winwood or Ziggy Marley, since they were established before they had their Virgin hits.
And technically, you could call this a one-hit wonder too:
YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison
Since it was his only Virgin hit, and was so far-removed from his prior hits.
Any other Virgin acts I missed? (That made the Hot 100)
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Mar 24, 2013 14:55:41 GMT -5
Culture Club, Janet Jackson, the Spice Girls and others were on Virgin...
But are you only looking for one-hit wonders?
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 24, 2013 19:52:49 GMT -5
How about The Motors and Mike Oldfield?
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Post by Daniel Shywaoub on Mar 24, 2013 22:53:46 GMT -5
To clarify: the point of this thread was that, unlike internationally, Virgin didn't have an extraordinary amount of success here. So I was speaking about American charts, not international; and moreso about Virgin's big push to make a mark on the American market in the latter half of the 80s.
But as dth1971 pointed out, they did have a few odd entries before the big push. I will give Luckie Starchild Spice Girls, but Janet was on A&M in America, and Virgin was an Epic imprint during Culture Club's heyday. If you were to read Whitburn, he claims their first four were on Epic solely; but the charts themselves say Epic/Virgin. My recollection of owning the "Time" 45 was that it looked more like an Epic single, and probably had a little Virgin logo buried on it somewhere.
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Mar 25, 2013 17:12:01 GMT -5
Hmmm... I definitely think of Culture Club as a Virgin Records act even though Epic handled the distribution in North America.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2013 11:23:57 GMT -5
If we're not just talking about one-hit wonders, Lenny Kravitz had multiple hits on Virgin.
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Post by glenpwood on Mar 30, 2013 14:01:15 GMT -5
Roy Orbison died so I don't think we can say the label killed him or his career....
After 7 hit the top 40 with Til U Do Me Right from the third album and came close to the top 40 airplay wise with the first two singles from the second album. (Kickin' It & Baby I'm For Real/Natural High) They did score at R&B Top 10 so I don't think of them as true flops after one album.
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Post by Daniel Shywaoub on Mar 30, 2013 17:11:35 GMT -5
As the oldtimers know, I quit following Billboard after their debacle of a change, but I did forget Kickin' It, which was the only one which made the R&R Pop Top 40.
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Post by Dammn Baby on Mar 30, 2013 19:51:30 GMT -5
To clarify: the point of this thread was that, unlike internationally, Virgin didn't have an extraordinary amount of success here. So I was speaking about American charts, not international; and moreso about Virgin's big push to make a mark on the American market in the latter half of the 80s. But as dth1971 pointed out, they did have a few odd entries before the big push. I will give Luckie Starchild Spice Girls, but Janet was on A&M in America, and Virgin was an Epic imprint during Culture Club's heyday. If you were to read Whitburn, he claims their first four were on Epic solely; but the charts themselves say Epic/Virgin. My recollection of owning the "Time" 45 was that it looked more like an Epic single, and probably had a little Virgin logo buried on it somewhere. Janet was on Virgin in America from 1993-2007 - A&M before that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2013 15:06:41 GMT -5
David Archuleta.
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